Hi all,


   To prepare for MOS birdwalk at 830am Sat before state board meeting at 10am, I showed Carol Schreter (leader for Sat) around on where find good spots for passerines. Made two visits to upper part of stump dump trail today and migration is picking up pretty well by small stream.

09/20/09 - 830am-1pm (on/off in between work prepare for board mtg)
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-Newtown section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 63-68 degrees, NE 10 mph- NE 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Turkey Vulture - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Veery - 3
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 29
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1 
European Starling - 3
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Common Grackle - 2
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 5
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 39
TOTAL BIRDS: 91

Yesterday, on way to Cylburn, there were a Laughing Gull at Dulaney Valley Rd bridge over Loch Raven Reservoir also known as #2 bridge.  My first one ever at the reservoir.   Other times on mainland were at Cromwell Valley park and at my former Backyard HawkWatch.


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD